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Imhotep. The Egyptian polymath exploited his various areas of expertise – architecture, engineering and medicine – to become one of the most revered figures and minds of antiquity, recognised as the "Father of Medicine," who also project managed one of the great feats of the ancient Egyptians and pre- project management software era: the construction of the Pyramid of Djoser.

Ahh the joys of working at home. Up at 8.57am to flick open the laptop, login, say hi to the team, and now that's done you can get down to the serious business of fixing a nice cup of tea and getting yourself a boiled egg and toast soldiers.

There is no better place to study project management than in a Michelin star-awarded kitchen. Rock-solid teamwork and hundreds of tiny details combine to create a magnificent offering that has to be just right every single time.

These days, most businesses find themselves having to manage their organisation in compliance with rules about finance, IT, information etc. Compliance usually relies on creating, keeping and managing effective records.

"What's dangerous is not to evolve.” – Jeff Bezos, Founder of Amazon. Do you rule by fear like Jeff Bezos, who managed to transport his whole company into a Lord of the Flies-esque environment where it’s kill or be killed (crying heard at desks, employees encouraged to "tear apart one another's ideas")?

Last year we were supposed to have hoverboards and cars running on garbage, at least according to Back to the Future fans. While we didn’t quite get there with the automatic dog-walker or talking jackets, plenty of other technologies can be used to move into the future.

The 1997 Snooker World Championship. Ronnie O'Sullivan steps up to the table in his first round match versus Mick Price and five minutes twenty seconds later he has knocked in the fastest ever competitive maximum break.

Remote teams have clear and varied benefits, but any way of working or leading will come with its own kind of challenges. In the case of remote teamwork, those challenges stem from the fact of people not being able to work side by side.